Apple Ranks Third in Global PC Sales With iPad Included
With the iPad surging into the market, Canalys calculates Apple's unit shipment growth at 241% year-over-year to catapult the company from a 3.8% global share to its present 10.8% share that squeaks by Dell for third place behind HP and Acer.
In support of the inclusion of "pad" devices such as the iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab in its PC market numbers, Canalys argues that the definition of the PC has constantly been evolving and that tablet devices like the iPad do offer a true computing experience.
'Any argument that a pad is not a PC is simply out of sync,' said Chiam. 'With screen sizes of seven inches or above, ample processing power, and a growing number of applications, pads offer a computing experience comparable to netbooks. They compete for the same customers and will happily coexist. As with smart phones, some users will require a physical keyboard, while others will do without.'
'Each new product category typically causes a significant shift in market shares,' said Chiam. 'Apple is benefiting from pads, just as Acer, Samsung and Asus previously did with netbooks. The PC industry has always evolved this way, starting when Toshiba and Compaq rode high on the original notebook wave.'
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Big one is I look at the place that release this info. They block out anything useful or any break down leaving it with just Apple huge impossible gain (240%) jump telling me that this is more of a marketing stunt at the expense of their credibility. They know the dumb masses out there will eat it up because it has Apple in it. The media will pay more for the data just so they can break it down but at the same time their credibility pays a price.
The point is you can't just add on iPad, Galaxy sales etc and get a good comparison. Tablets are not yet proper computers, some people buy them to replace a computer, but many others purchase them as an addition.
Stats abuse strikes again!
Why?
1.) You must own another computer to set it up.
and
2.) You can't write applications for it on it.
Yes, I'm thinking I'll get an iPad 2 next year for school rather than a laptop, but that's because the laptop was never the proper device for the job in the first place.
Apple is the largest when you add iPods and iPhones! Although Walmart is the largest if you include food products!
Unfortunately My stomach has the largest growth this year if you include food products :(
Don't get me wrong , the sales numbers are very impressive. But saying they're 3rd in global PC sales is a bit of a stretch. Sure, you could say everyone else can include tablets in their sales as well, but when Apple are the only ones who are mainstream, it's an easy statistic to blow out of proportion.
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